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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02
GASOLINE EXPLOSION.
Eight People Killed Outright, TIVE
Fatally aad Several Others
fseriously Injured.
A Large Two Story Brick Business House
Cemptftsly Wrecked - The Flames
Flash the Work of b sstrucion.
A CHASTITY SIGHT.

GdASIL1 OIGh1.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Nov. IA fash, fol-
lowed by dull rosr, and then crash Of
walls convulsed the center OF this city at
2:03 this morning. An explosion of gas
oline IN the rear OF the cellar of Michael
NewmGn's grocery store, No. South
Fourteenth street, had lifted q two-story
building from its foundation and dropped
it beck again in mass beneath which
were buried eleven persons. Eight were
taken out desd, two fatally wounded and
one badly hurt. The dead are:
NJ. NEWMAN, aged 81.
Mrs. ANNIE NEWMAN, aged 40.
JOHN NEWMAN, aged Is.
| KATE NEWMAN, aged IL.
EDDIE NEWMAN, aged ID.
CHARLES N. DEvERE.
Mrs. CHARLES n. DEvERE.
Mrs. BEEsLEY.
The injured are:
Miss MAMIE NEWMAN, aged eighteen,
fatally, snd
Miss NELLIE NEWMAN, aged fifteen,
probably fatally.
Miss HATTIE BRYANT Of Columbus,
KY, badly bruised. The messenger OF
J death had scarcely wrecked the place be-
! foreB devastating fire swept through the
lxdfhs, and seemed bent on Internal work.
| Human aid was quickly on the scene, but
in such confusion that the horror seemed
Increased with their efforts to relieve the
imprisoned victims. The people of the
neighborhood were dumbfounded. Many
went about the streets seek
ing friends, demanding an ex-
PLANTATION or moaning Tom bruises.
The sheet of fame that had swooped
down upon the ruins beffled the efforts OF
the iremen, who had begun the first sys-
tematic work, and for few minutes babe
fair to spread into the adjoining proper
| tY, but good work won and then began
THE SEARCH FOR THE DEAD.
| The building covered lots Nos. 7, 9 and
| IL, South Fourteenth. The two-story
brick was completed short time ago and
only one store room was occupied. All
of the upsGsirs portion was occupied by
| tenants. Mr.. Newman and his family of
seven lived over the store. The force OF
the explosion was terrific. The entire
block OF buildings north of and across
the alley from the building in which
the explosion took place were Quilted
| by the blast. NeWmsn's block crushed
in and was covered by the roof which had
settled down upon the ruins and formed
a barrier through which the rescuers had
to cut way. The beams and walls i'm
peded the progress, and threatening walls
on the other side overhung ready to
crush men who pressed to the spot where
the call for help directed them. The root
was soon removed, and in the debris
were revealed the mangled forms Of the
grocerymGn's family. Two ladies, New
mans daughters, were first removed.
Mamie, nineteen years of sge, was still
alive. but mangled from timbers and
chsTEsd beyond hope OF recover.
sister Nellie, girl of fit
| teen years, moaned pigeously for
her sister, and seemed to forget her own
desperate injuries in mourning for the
DjarIes Of her sister. For the half hour
that they had been imprisoned their
efforts had been to draw near to each
other when they saw escape was impos-
sible
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02
NEITHER CAN SURVIVE.

The rest of the Newman family were
dead. Some sat upright and others were
doubled in their beds. Life had evil
IDENTIFY fed while they were enwrapped in
sIGnber. Over the store in room Nc. IL
resided Mrs. Bsgley. She was buried so
deeply in the debris that search for her
WAS given up until the others were recov-
cred. Miss Bryant, visiting Chas. Devere
YES bruised, but heavy head of hair
protected her and her injuries are not
dangerous. Besides those injured in the
building we're many persons in the
HeighborhOod more or less cut and
bruised By flying splinters and bricks,
which did not alone destroy Nswman's
store. For several blocks on either side
the street the conclusion shattered the
windows, and in the immediate vicinity
ons4he opposite side OF the way the fronts
oEtEe buildings were mashed in by the
SssfFlble force, and scarcely window or
deer remains. The walls are cracked,
the floors gave way, and the plaster fell
iil9 every house within radius OF 100
yaf6s, and upon the heads of
THE SLEEPING RESIDENTS
felISwith horrible suddenness. The
scene5of terror eae the street wss illumi-
W G1S Va SOA-
Stunning ff3muSx4d figures wildly running
and gesticulating robed only in might
dresses wildly told the dread uncertainty
and fright that had seized the community.
The firemen worked at the fallen build
ings regardless of the adjacent walls
which lowered with impending danger.
With daylight came word that al the
victims had been removed.
THE FINANCIAL LOSS.
). ST. LOUIS, Mo Nov. 1.-The financial
loss cGused by the explosion last night
will amount to about $40, 900, divided In
small amounts among the property own
ers in the neighborhood. The principal
loss fails On William Renshaw, who owns
the demolished buildings Nos. to 8
South Fourteenth street. He recently
purchased the buildings for $4,000. The
skasses are fully covered by insurance.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

To those acquainted with our
TO say that the Inyalids' Hotel
branch establishment located at
England, have, for many years,
r+he most largely patrOniZed anC
THE world for the treatment al
arise from youthful indiscretiOn
: s5Fc, many years ago, establish
treatment of these diseases, III
the most skillful physicians an
thai all who apply to us might I
Council of the most experience
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

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Gamer ot the Tongue.
10 YOUNG AND KIDDLE-AGED MEN

The awful effect of early vice, which brings
organic weakness, destroying both mind and
CODY, with all Its direful Ills,
PERMANENTLY CURED.
Papitstion OF the heart, timtdtty, trembling,
nervous discharges, so much to be feared for
gettulness, lack Of ideas, sadness Of Epirigss
ugly imaginings, dislike 80 eocial life and brD9as
l9 melancholy.
happy life aware Of physieai dsaf1ity, exc:ta
bilty of the nerves, organig diminutton or other
irregularities quickly assisted.
No minerals used. Young people losing their
health and spending time with those unskilled
and unqualified, causing fatal disorders to the
head, throat, nose, liver and lungs, stomach
and bowels, speedily cured.
Let not false modesty deter you from calling
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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02
And exclusively devoted to the treatn

original system of diagnosis
diseases just as successfully without as with personal
become acquainted with them shoW them Institutions and
in five hundred whom cured The per-
feet with which scientists enabled deduce the
their
almost miraculous, early
the
the marvellous degree accuracy
three thousand miles long?
the weather has become thoroughly familiar
the hayward elements of nature that he accurately
their movements. He in Washington forete
the weather will be Florida New York well
hundred miles did not intervene between him the
And all science,
required
SIGNS OF s5S sss s$ss5 Ssse ?isS
\ + science, diseases certain
DISEASE 6Se f9d q 6rns 6S 3
Ez&sna of determining, with the greatest accuracy,
of chronic diseases without seeing personally
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

s Epileptic Commissions, or Fits. Pa.
4 EFRVIijS ralysiSs Palsy EocOnotOr Ataxia.
Z ,'-S ST. Vitus's Dance, Insomnia, or Inability
ncEAcEc TO sleep, and threatened
uSChcIos Debility, arising from
other
treated Icy specialists for these
See numerous reported different Illustrated
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

hsying declined aR afer of $4,000 for
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

- eIcttI NtlII5l gin UI III
teen years, moaned pigeously for
her sister, and seemed to forget her OWE
desperate injuries in mourning for the
injuries OF her sister. For the half hour
that they had been imprisoned their
efforts had been to draw near to each
other when they ssW escape was impos
sihle.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-02

Although we have in the preceding para
graphs, made mention of some of the special
ailments to which particular attention is
given by the specialists at the Inyalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute. yet the insti-
tuition abounds in skill, facilities, and APP
paratus for the successful treatment OF
every form of chronic ailment, whether re-.
medical or surgical means.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
A Curious Figure.

An object OF Interest to the general
public and one that claims the attention
of ache )logists In particular Is exhibited
by Cain II Werner, corner Fifth avenue
and Market street, PIttsburg. The
exact purpose, the thing,,shown was,de-
signed to serve can only be explained
10y those versed in antiquity. a human
head upon a bird like body with fan
tail, carved in stone describes the ap-
pearance of work that bears all the
evidence of prehistoric origin. The
face is purely Egyptian. Across the
head is cast something resembling an
amice, placed i'll such manner as to
reveal the entire forehead. The image
is formed in such d manner as to be
fairly balanced upon base tapering
from the middle of the body. The base
is round and followed a depth of about
two inches, tapering in cone-lIke
form. A raised rIm on the top or upper
part of the body, followed In like man
ner and OF the same dimensions as the
hollow In the base, intersects hole
drilled at right angles with that bored
through the upper part of the body.
The figure is 123 inches long and %
inches high. Its weight is 81 pounds.
The figure is perfect OF its kind. There
is small fracture in the tail and a cut
in the lower lett cheek. The proper
tlons of the face are well preserved.
The carving, though rude, is bold, and
the effect produced striking, consider
ing the simplicity of the design. The
material seems to be granite.
The manner in which it came into
their possession is curious. Some time
ago a citizen af Alabama informed the
firm that his brother A. Berkst ressor, q
farmer residing near Montgomery
Ala, while plowing had turned up a
strange image that was regarded as an
Egyptian idol. Mr.. Cain made further
inquiry concerning the matter, and
having satisfied himself that the state
ments made by the farmer had been
verified by the people OF Montg
secured the figure. All who have ex-
amIned 1t express the opinion that 1t is
undoubtedly prehistoric. 1t is said
there is but one other figure similar to
it, and that is in the Smithsonian In
Stituta
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
The Oxid alton of ZINC.

The expensive outdoor use of ENC
by builders at the present time has
directed attention to the peculiar pro-
cess of oxidation which this metal
undergoes. and which is so important
to be considered in all applications in
volvIng exposure. The rusted surface
does not rub off or blow away, but
forms a sort of hard crust or enamel
upon the surface of the metal, and
when laid upon boarding which Is or
may become damp or exposed to steam
or condensation below, it rusts on both
sides. The thin zines first introduced
in this way were rusted through, brit
tleness ensuing, and failure being the
result. But if the zinc be of sufficient
thickness, after a certain time oxida-
ton ceases, and the result is body o!
solid sound metal, incased above anc
below by a solid coating, thoroughly
impermeable to the accidents of weather
or temperature, and which requires nc
painting. The various ways of spread.
ing zinc consist mainly in laying it IL
a corrugated form without boarding,
the trusses OF iron or wood of the roof
carrying the weight, or in rafters about
one foot, more or less, apart, with
corrugation at each rafter only, or
upon a general surface of boarding, in
the manner of a lead fat.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
Birds and Butterflies Used TO Adorn
Ladies' Costumes.

A Boston woman lately returned
from Europe brought reception gown
that must have two hundred little
brown birds fastening rose-colored
crepe upon skirt of white silk. A
circlet of these little feathered crea-
lures is intended for the head.
az believe it would be a good dress
for character to wear at a costume
ball" said its owner, ''only, l
wouldn't know what to call it. What
would you say for name?"
''Cruelty to animals" replied the
friend.
Certainly the first thought that
crosses ones mind at seeing this dress
Is one of horror at the slaughter of
those poor little creatures, that gown
might be trimmed with their bodies.
Almost every year some such costume
turns up and fires the inventive genius
of many silly girl.
CONSERVATION reigned in old DR..
Catlin's home one night when it was
found that the chambermaid had gone
to ball with the DOCTORS pet collec-
tion of butterflies and bugs stuck all
over white tarletan frock. His en-
tsmological treasures, rich and rare,
were carefully pinned in cases with
locked glass doors on them. The doc
tors wife had worn a dress to some
festlvity ornamented with beaded but
terf1ies and when the occasion arrived
for Miss Honora O'Halleran to attend
the ball of the McGinnerty Associ-
alton with Barney Brannigan it struck
her that the bugs would work in beau
tifully. She cetached about half of
the collection, valued at some thous-
ands of dollars, and sewed them by
their hiud legs to the most prominent
portions of her costume. Putting on
waterproof she boarded a car and
| went of to be the belle of the ball.
The doctor discovered his rified cases
during the evening and wild was the
| night in his house. a clue was OBJ
tained to their fate from the cook, who
| remembered to have seen Honora with
| box of ''gold croton bugs" up in her
| room. DIR. Catlin was up TO let the
house maid IN when at all hours III the
| morning she waltzed into the base
ment, her bedraggled tarletan skirt
| covered with the broken wings and
severed legs of the famous collection.
When the storm broke Honora advised
the old man not to take on SO for a
'few ould insects"
''Shure I'll catch yeZ glass cupboards
full in the back yard before the grass
grows again." said she reassuringly.
But the doctor. Is mourning to-day
| for his specimen of the longotis cIn-
| chon1ta and the only known zoometa
angepectalis.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
Seeking a Beautiful Melody.

The British museum has purchased
from Mrs. Balfe a musical album left
10y her husband IN which are to be
found the original sketches for the airs,
concert pieces, finales and scenes of
varinns Kinds belonging TO .,is III fferpfif
operas. The sketches that have been
turned to account are crossed over
with penmarks, and the book is full OF
ideas and suggestions of which the fer
tile composer had made no practical
use. Baife worked with great facil-
ity, but he took trouble with his work
all the same, and in the we'll known
situation" in 1.-THE Bohemian GIRL"
where the favorite tenor song "When
Other Lips" occurs lie placed, one
after the other, four different airs be-
fore he could find one that completely
satisfied him. These airs, with diff
ferent rhymths and different temps.
are all set down IN the album, Includ-
ing one which had been learned by the
tenor, w. H. Harrison. and rehearsed
with orchestra when, at the last mo-
ment-constantly urged ty his wife to
think of something better-Balfe was
suddenly visited by the beautiful mel
ody which with her approval. he finally
adopted.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
Y Matron Who WAS Quite Sure He
Pocket Had Been Picked

~ have had my pocket pickedI" ex
claimed a middle-aged woman, as she
hurriedly entered detective headQuar-
tiers day or two ago.
"When did it occur?" was asked.
ssIn a store OH Woodward avenue.
and 1 know it was young man who
stood near me-"
How much money did you haver"
81 can't say, sir. You see, 1t was
this way L came down to do some
shopping. / put my portmonnale in
my pocket when l left home. When !
went to pay for the goods in the store
It was gone. 1 think had about eight
dollars.
Did anyone have opportunity to
pick your pocketp"
II suppose they did"
"Sure you brought the money down
town."
''Oh, yes"
And you are certain you didn't lose
itP"
DO you think Pm a fool, STRIP she
Indignantly exclaimed. "When 1 say
had my pocket picked l know what
IN talking aboutl"
Il hope you do, ma'am, but you
know"
At this moment a boy entered the
room with the portmonnaie in his hand
and said
Here's your money, ma. We found
it on the stand after you left the house
and Sarah sent me down to the store
after you.
The woman and the sergeant looked
fxedly at each other for a few seconds.
Then he smiled. Then she got red.
Then be said he was glad she had found
her money and she retorted:
''I don't believe itl You just wish
| had lost itI I'll never come here fol
I help again. neverl'
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
Shoemakers' Secrets

An old shoemaker tells of trick or
two in shoemaking which he learned
when he was boy, which appear TO
be still hidden mysteries to lot of
fashionable shoemakers- One of these
concerns not only the appearance
of the shoe but the comfort of the
wearer. How many times do you see
mems big toes rising in high relief i'm
pressions above the surface of the up
per? Naturally you feel that the weaTer
of such shoe must suffer from the
pressure on his big toe, and he does; if
not Immediately, at some time i'll the
future. The whole difficulty can be
obviatcd by providing depression In
the sole of the shoe into which the toe
Will fit. This depression is obtained
by fastening piece on the last and
beating the sole around it until 1t is
moulded to it. When the toe is thus
cared for there will be no ingrowing
toe nails and no unsightly pTotruSions
of the upper. Another thing that may
be interesting to shoe wearers and
shoemakers is this: n blistered or sore
heel caused by new shoe may be re-
lieved by taking small piece of COM
mon newspaper, crushing it In the hand
and placing It under the ailIng heel.
The bit of paper has the effect of a
s'lift," and forcing the foot forward in
the shoe leaves the heel entirely free
from the counter"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
Thebes at Sunrisc.

One of the incidents of the tour is a
visit TO Thebes at sunrise. The vocal
Memnon will not be heard unless a
small Arab is hidden, in advance, in a
break in the back of the Colossus, and
instructed to pound with a bit of The
ban debris upon a sonOrouS stone in
corpOreted between the giant shOul-
ders. But aSSuredly a sunrise visit TO
Thebes is well worth an effort. 1t is
four miles from the File to the Rames-
scum. The ride is across the plain,
through dew-covered fields TO the
colosSi, and then turn is made north
ward. The sounds of the morning
startle one as though never heard be-
fore. Something seems tc be impend-
Ing. How black and chill the colossI
look. Everything, evening the donkey
boy, is now quiet. The Ramesseurn is
reached and you stand in the great hail
or columns, frig htened at their stately
dignity, scarcely able to make out the
careful chiseling on the shoulders and
crown of the fallen statue. The inner
temples are almost as dark as night,
and you shrink from the thought of
climbing alone up one of the great
stairways which spring from them, 10
say nothing of going down to the ''holy
of holies," where the king was accus-
toned to consult the deities in closest
secrecy. No light enters except from
the broken roof and the loopholes in the
walls. Suddenly ray pierces the
gloom. The giant columns in unison
cast their long shadows toward the
metropolis, upon one another and upon
the neighboring walls. New the morn
ing light pervades the place, and the
stolid profiles of the Osiride columns,
stationed there as if to guard to fallen
monolith, are lighted with rosy fire
which accentuates the placid expression
of their faces-each one "a likeness'' of
King Rameses II, the great Pharaoh
of the bible" The sun grows stronger
and the coloring is gone. But the con-
trasts Of light and shade continue as
they have done for the long ages past,
and will for ages to come.
There are ninety narsons in Fng-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
A Woodland Queen.

1 was rambling idly through the
woods one May morning, enjoying the
breath of spring and the fragrant
grasses, when L suddenly came upon a
gypsy encampment half hidden in a
small clearing among the trees.
1 was intent on watching the move
ments of the swarthy people moving
about the camp, when a girlish voice
startled me, saying: "Cross the gypsy's
hand with silver, and have your for
tune told"
Turning quickly, saw young girl
coming toward me, whose wondrous
beauty sent thrill through my heart.
Her skin, of a dusky olive, showed
in Its color the passionate blood fiow-
ing beneath, and her eyes were black
as midnight and flashing with hidden
fires. a sweeter mouth or redder lips
l had never seen in my rambles. She
was wonderful pictured Her hair,
dark and glossy, escaped from the
snowy cap she wore and fell IN luxuri-
ance over her shoulders. A broad
leaf hat, red skirt and a russell bod
ice completed the picturesque costume
of this woodland queen.
LET me tell your fortune, sir.''
But now came a procession of at
least score of gypsies-male and fe-
male, old and young, sturdy NAH
hood, rich, mature matronhOod and
old age-all gong, as / guessed, to a
neighboring fair; and their lips were
full of furtive mirth as the gypsy
halted and held me still by the witchery
of her glorious eyes.
One mana strong-built gypsy, a
siX-fOOter at least-turned upon me
with something evil in his glance, in
which 1 read a passion that in the un
known nature of the Romany. 1 had
never dreamed of before. He spoke
TO her in voice half OF command,
half of entreaty.
France it, Judith, after the Roms
and Juwas," ne said, in Romany dia-
lect. The Busnee blood Is cold, and
his ely smaller than his hand, and les;
to hold"
did not understand the iargon.
save that it was something depreca-
tory. The gypsy moved not; heI
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-12-21
The Pin and the Small Boy.

Only n pin; yet it calmy lay
ON the tuftrd tioor in light Of day;
And 70 sEuue srreuely fair and bright,
Rejecting back the MONDAY light
Only q boy; yet he saw that pin,
And his face assumed fiendish grin;
He stopped for n while, with look intent,
TIL be and the pin alike were bent.
only a chair; but upon its seat
A weI,-beut pin found safe retreat;
Nor had the kesuest eve discerned
That Leaveuward it's point was turned.
only a man; but he chanced 70 drop
Upon Lhat chair, went fzz-bang pop;
he Iesped like a cork from out n bottle,
Aud opened wide his valve de throttle
Ou'y yell though an honest one,
IL lacked the element OF fun:
And the boy and man, and pin and chair,
Ia Wild confusion mingled there.